Job 20
1 ನಾಮಾಥ್ಯನಾದ ಚೋಫರನು ಉತ್ತರ ಕೊಟ್ಟು ಹೇಳಿದ್ದೇನಂದರೆ--
2 ಆದದರಿಂದ ನನ್ನಲ್ಲಿರುವ ಆತುರಕ್ಕೋಸ್ಕರವೇ ನನ್ನ ಆಲೋಚನೆಗಳು ನನಗೆ ಉತ್ತರ ಕೊಡುತ್ತವೆ.
3 ನನ್ನನ್ನು ನಿಂದಿಸುವ ಶಿಕ್ಷೆಯನ್ನು ಕೇಳಿದ್ದೇನೆ; ಆದರೆ ನನ್ನ ಆತ್ಮವು ನನ್ನ ಗ್ರಹಿಕೆಯ ಪ್ರಕಾರ ನನಗೆ ಉತ್ತರ ಕೊಡುವದು.
4 ಇದನ್ನು ಆದಿಯಿಂದಲೂ ಅಂದರೆ ಮನುಷ್ಯನನ್ನು ಭೂಮಿಯ ಮೇಲೆ ಇಟ್ಟಂದಿನಿಂದಲೂ ನೀನು ತಿಳಿಯಲಿಲ್ಲವೋ?
5 ಏನಂದರೆ, ದುಷ್ಟರ ಜಯವು ಸ್ವಲ್ಪ ಕಾಲದ್ದೂ ಕಪಟಿಗಳ ಸಂತೋಷವು ಕ್ಷಣ ಮಾತ್ರದ್ದೂ.
6 ಅವನ ಮಹತ್ತು ಆಕಾಶಕ್ಕೆ ಏರಿದರೂ ಅವನ ತಲೆ ಮೇಘಕ್ಕೆ ಮುಟ್ಟಿದರೂ
7 ತನ್ನ ಅಮೇಧ್ಯದ ಹಾಗೆ ನಿತ್ಯವಾಗಿ ನಾಶವಾಗುವನು; ಅವನನ್ನು ನೋಡಿದ ವರು-- ಅವನು ಎಲ್ಲಿ ಅನ್ನುವರು.
8 ಕನಸಿನ ಹಾಗೆ ಅವನು ಕಾಣದೆ ಹಾರಿಹೋಗುವನು; ರಾತ್ರಿಯ ದರ್ಶನದ ಹಾಗೆ ಓಡಿಸಲ್ಪಡುವನು.
9 ಅವನನ್ನು ನೋಡಿದ ಕಣ್ಣು ಇನ್ನು ನೋಡದು; ಅವನ ಸ್ಥಳವನ್ನು ಇನ್ನು ಅವನನ್ನು ಕಾಣದು.
10 ಅವನ ಮಕ್ಕಳು ಬಡವ ರನ್ನು ಮೆಚ್ಚಿಸುತ್ತಾರೆ; ಅವನ ಕೈಗಳು ಅವರ ವಸ್ತುಗ ಳನ್ನು ತಿರುಗಿ ಕೊಡುತ್ತವೆ.
11 ಅವನ ಎಲುಬುಗಳು ಯೌವನ ಪಾಪದಿಂದ ತುಂಬಿದ್ದರೂ ಅದು ಅವನ ಸಂಗಡ ಧೂಳಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಮಲಗುವದು.
12 ಅವನ ಬಾಯಿಗೆ ಕೆಟ್ಟತನವು ಸಿಹಿಯಾಗಿದ್ದಾಗ್ಯೂ ನಾಲಿಗೆಯ ಕೆಳಗೆ ಅದನ್ನು ಬಚ್ಚಿಟ್ಟರೂ
13 ಅದನ್ನು ಕನಿಕರಿಸಿ ಅದನ್ನು ಬಿಡದೆ ತನ್ನ ಬಾಯಿಯೊಳಗೆ ಇಟ್ಟುಕೊಂಡರೂ
14 ಅವನ ಆಹಾರವು ಅವನ ಕರು ಳುಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಮಾರ್ಪಟ್ಟು ಅವನ ಉಡಿಲಲ್ಲಿ ಸರ್ಪದ ವಿಷವಾಗುವದು.
15 ಅವನು ನುಂಗಿದ ಐಶ್ವರ್ಯವನ್ನು ಕಾರಿಬಿಡುವನು; ಅವನ ಹೊಟ್ಟೆಯೊಳಗಿಂದ ದೇವರು ಅದನ್ನು ಹೊರಡ ಮಾಡುವನು.
16 ಸರ್ಪಗಳ ವಿಷ ವನ್ನು ಹೀರುವನು; ಹಾವಿನ ನಾಲಿಗೆ ಅವನನ್ನು ಕೊಲ್ಲು ವದು.
17 ಅವನು ಜೇನೂ ಬೆಣ್ಣೆ ಹರಿಯುವ ಹಳ್ಳ ಗಳನ್ನೂ ನದಿಯನ್ನೂ ಕಾಲಿವೆಗಳನ್ನೂ ನೋಡನು.
18 ದುಡಿದದ್ದನ್ನ್ನು ನುಂಗದೆ ತಿರುಗಿ ಕೊಡುವನು; ಆಸ್ತಿಯ ಮೇರೆಗೆ ಬದಲು ಕೊಡುವನು; ಅವನು ಉಲ್ಲಾಸ ಹೊಂದುವದಿಲ್ಲ.
19 ದೀನರನ್ನು ಜಜ್ಜಿ ತೊರೆ ದುಬಿಟ್ಟನು; ತಾನು ಕಟ್ಟದ ಮನೆಯನ್ನು ಕೆಡವಿ ಬಿಟ್ಟನು.
20 ನಿಶ್ಚಯವಾಗಿ ಅವನು ತನ್ನ ಹೊಟ್ಟೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಸೌಖ್ಯ ತಿಳುಕೊಳ್ಳುವದಿಲ್ಲ; ತನಗೆ ಇಷ್ಟವಾದದರಲ್ಲಿ ಏನೂ ಉಳಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳುವದಿಲ್ಲ.
21 ಅವನ ಊಟದಲ್ಲಿ ಏನೂ ಉಳಿಯದು; ಆದದರಿಂದ ಅವನ ವಸ್ತುಗಳನ್ನು ಯಾರೂ ನೋಡುವದಿಲ್ಲ.
22 ಅವನ ಪೂರ್ಣತೆಯ ಹೆಚ್ಚಿಗೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಅವನಿಗೆ ಇಕ್ಕಟ್ಟಾಗಿದೆ; ದುಷ್ಟರ ಕೈಗಳೆಲ್ಲಾ ಅವನ ಮೇಲೆ ಬರುವವು.
23 ಏನಾಗುವದಂದರೆ ಅವನ ಹೊಟ್ಟೆಯನ್ನು ತುಂಬು ವದಕ್ಕಿರುವಾಗ ದೇವರು ತನ್ನ ಕೋಪದ ಉರಿಯನ್ನು ಅವನ ಮೇಲೆ ಕಳುಹಿಸುವನು; ಅವನ ಆಹಾರಕ್ಕಾಗಿ ಅವನ ಮೇಲೆ ಸುರಿಸುವನು.
24 ಅವನು ಕಬ್ಬಿಣದ ಆಯುಧಕ್ಕೆ ಓಡಿಹೋದರೆ ಹಿತ್ತಾಳೆಯ ಬಿಲ್ಲು ಅವ ನನ್ನು ತಿವಿಯುವದು.
25 ಅವನು ಎಳೆದರೆ ಅದು ಬೆನ್ನಿನಿಂದ ಹೊರಡುವದು; ಅವನ ಪಿತ್ತದೊಳಗಿಂದ ಮಿಂಚುವ ಖಡ್ಗ ಬರುವದು; ಅವನ ಮೇಲೆ ಹೆದರಿಕೆ ಗಳು ಅವೆ.
26 ಎಲ್ಲಾ ಅಂಧಕಾರವು ಅವನ ಗುಪ್ತ ಸ್ಥಳಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಇಡಲ್ಪಟ್ಟಿದೆ; ಯಾರೂ ಹೊತ್ತಿಸದ ಬೆಂಕಿ ಅವನನ್ನು ತಿನ್ನುವದು; ಅವನ ಗುಡಾರದಲ್ಲಿ ಉಳಿ ದವನು ನಾಶವಾಗುವನು.
27 ಆಕಾಶಗಳು ಅವನ ಅಕ್ರಮವನ್ನು ಪ್ರಕಟಮಾಡುವವು; ಭೂಮಿಯು ಅವನಿಗೆ ವಿರೋಧವಾಗಿ ಏಳುವದು.
28 ಅವನ ಮನೆಯ ಆದಾಯವು ತೊಲಗಿ ಹೋಗುವದು; ಅವನ ಕೋಪದ ದಿವಸದಲ್ಲಿ ಅದು ಕರಗಿ ಹೋಗುವದು.
29 ದುಷ್ಟಮನುಷ್ಯನಿಗೆ ದೇವರಿಂದ ಬರುವ ಪಾಲೂ ದೇವರಿಂದ ಅವನಿಗೆ ನೇಮಿಸಲ್ಪ ಟ್ಟಿರುವ ಬಾಧ್ಯತೆಯೂ ಇದೇ.
1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
2 Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste.
3 I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.
4 Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth,
5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
6 Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;
7 Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?
8 He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
9 The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.
10 His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.
11 His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.
12 Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;
13 Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth:
14 Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.
15 He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.
16 He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper’s tongue shall slay him.
17 He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter.
18 That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein.
19 Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;
20 Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired.
21 There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods.
22 In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.
23 When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating.
24 He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through.
25 It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him.
26 All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle.
27 The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him.
28 The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath.
29 This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God.
1 And when king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south, heard tell that Israel came by the way of the spies; then he fought against Israel, and took some of them prisoners.
2 And Israel vowed a vow unto the Lord, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.
3 And the Lord hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities: and he called the name of the place Hormah.
4 And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way.
5 And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loatheth this light bread.
6 And the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.
7 Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord, and against thee; pray unto the Lord, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people.
8 And the Lord said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live.
9 And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.
10 And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in Oboth.
11 And they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched at Ije-abarim, in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrising.
12 From thence they removed, and pitched in the valley of Zared.
13 From thence they removed, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, which is in the wilderness that cometh out of the coasts of the Amorites: for Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.
14 Wherefore it is said in the book of the wars of the Lord, What he did in the Red sea, and in the brooks of Arnon,
15 And at the stream of the brooks that goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, and lieth upon the border of Moab.
16 And from thence they went to Beer: that is the well whereof the Lord spake unto Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water.
17 Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it:
18 The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah:
19 And from Mattanah to Nahaliel: and from Nahaliel to Bamoth:
20 And from Bamoth in the valley, that is in the country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looketh toward Jeshimon.
21 And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,
22 Let me pass through thy land: we will not turn into the fields, or into the vineyards; we will not drink of the waters of the well: but we will go along by the king’s high way, until we be past thy borders.
23 And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel into the wilderness: and he came to Jahaz, and fought against Israel.
24 And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from Arnon unto Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon: for the border of the children of Ammon was strong.
25 And Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the villages thereof.
26 For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even unto Arnon.
27 Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared:
28 For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon: it hath consumed Ar of Moab, and the lords of the high places of Arnon.
29 Woe to thee, Moab! thou art undone, O people of Chemosh: he hath given his sons that escaped, and his daughters, into captivity unto Sihon king of the Amorites.
30 We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon, and we have laid them waste even unto Nophah, which reacheth unto Medeba.
31 Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites.
32 And Moses sent to spy out Jaazer, and they took the villages thereof, and drove out the Amorites that were there.
33 And they turned and went up by the way of Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan went out against them, he, and all his people, to the battle at Edrei.
34 And the Lord said unto Moses, Fear him not: for I have delivered him into thy hand, and all his people, and his land; and thou shalt do to him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon.
35 So they smote him, and his sons, and all his people, until there was none left him alive: and they possessed his land.